Alaska Standard Time (Noun)
Meaning
Standard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west; used in Hawaii and most of Alaska.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- Alaska Standard Time is the time observed in most of Alaska and is very close to the solar time at the 135th meridian west.
- Alaska Standard Time is used in Alaska except for the Aleutian Islands west of 169 degrees 30 minutes west longitude.
- In Alaska Standard Time, residents set their clocks one hour behind during daylight-saving time.
- The majority of Alaska adheres to Alaska Standard Time, which is UTC minus 9 hours.
- People often mistake Alaska Standard Time for Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time but Alaska does not observe daylight-saving time throughout the entire region.